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AI News Aug 25, 2026 01:57 PM

Google Is Giving Nigerian Students Free Access to Its AI Tools for 12 Months

Imagine heading into the new academic session and suddenly having access to a powerful AI study assistant, research tools, extra cloud storage, and interactive learning features without paying for the subscription. That is now a reality for eligible students in Nigeria. Google has launched its Gemini Student Offer, giving students at Nigerian universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education 12 months of Google AI Plus at no cost.

AI News Aug 24, 2026 11:29 AM

Google Assistant Is About to Vanish From Your Phone

Remember when saying “Hey Google” was enough to set an alarm, call someone, play music, or ask a quick question? That familiar voice assistant is now approaching its final goodbye on Android phones. Google has confirmed that Google Assistant will begin disappearing from Android phones and tablets from September 4, 2026, as the company completes its transition to Gemini. The rollout is expected to take several weeks, meaning users may not all lose access on the same day.

AI News Aug 24, 2026 11:07 AM

Claude Boosts Gmail & Drive Productivity, Expands Cowork Access

Imagine telling your AI assistant, “Go through my emails, find everything related to this project, pull the important files from Drive, organize the information, and help me turn it into something useful.” That is increasingly becoming the reality of working with Claude. Anthropic has expanded Claude Cowork beyond the desktop, bringing it to the web and mobile apps for paid users.

AI News Aug 18, 2026 03:27 PM

AI Automation Startup Relay Is Shutting Down; Its Founder Is Going Back to Google to Lead Chrome

Imagine spending years building an AI startup designed to help people automate their work, only to eventually shut it down and take what you learned straight back to Google. That is exactly what is happening with Relay.app. The AI-powered workflow automation startup is shutting down, while its founder and CEO, Jacob Bank, is returning to Google as Vice President of Product for Chrome. Several members of the Relay team are also reportedly joining Google’s Chrome organization.

AI News Aug 17, 2026 03:23 PM

ChatGPT Can Now Remember What You Do on Your Mac, And That Raises a Big Privacy Question

What if ChatGPT did not just remember what you told it, but could also remember what you were doing on your computer? That is the idea behind OpenAI's new Computer History feature for the ChatGPT macOS app. And yes, it sounds a little like Microsoft's controversial Windows Recall. But there is an important difference: OpenAI says its system does not take screenshots, record video, or capture audio. Instead, it records computer activity as "events"

AI News Aug 15, 2026 03:58 PM

Google Is Now Letting Users Remove Its Visible AI Watermark, But There Is a Catch

For months, Google’s AI-generated images, videos, and music have come with something users could not easily escape: a visible watermark. Now, Google is changing that. The company has announced that users will soon be able to turn off the visible watermark on AI-generated content, giving creators a cleaner final product without completely removing the technology Google uses to identify AI-made media.

AI News Aug 13, 2026 10:11 AM

Google Picks Six Nigerian News Creators for Its AI and Revenue Growth Programme

What happens when independent Nigerian news creators are given something more than an audience: the tools, training and strategy to build stronger media businesses? That is the idea behind Google's latest push into Africa's digital news ecosystem. The Google News Initiative (GNI) has selected six Nigerian independent news creators to participate in its Emerging News Voices Growth Lab

AI News Aug 12, 2026 12:47 PM

Claude Will Now Add Invisible Watermarks to All AI-Generated Text and Files

Imagine asking Claude to write an article, copying the entire response, pasting it into a document, and changing a few sentences. To you, it looks like ordinary text. But underneath it, Anthropic says there could be a machine-readable signature quietly embedded in the words. That is the big change Anthropic is introducing as it rolls out content-marking technology across Claude. The move comes at a particularly important moment for AI.

AI News Aug 05, 2026 07:08 PM

Elon Musk Says AI Is Now a “Supersonic Tsunami.” Here Is Why He Thinks the Biggest AI Wave Has Already Begun

For years, Elon Musk has warned that artificial intelligence would become one of the most powerful technologies humanity has ever created. Now, he believes that moment has arrived. Speaking in recent interviews and sharing his views on X, the Tesla and xAI founder described today's AI boom as a "supersonic tsunami" a wave moving so fast that businesses, governments, and even technology companies may struggle to keep up.

AI News Aug 05, 2026 06:58 PM

Alibaba Unveils Qwen3.8-Max, And It Wants to Challenge OpenAI and Anthropic

For years, the AI race has mostly been a battle between American companies. OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta. But that story is changing and fast. Chinese tech giant Alibaba has just unveiled Qwen3.8-Max, its biggest and most powerful AI model yet, openly declaring that it is built to compete with the world's leading AI systems from OpenAI and Anthropic.